Ernest nowill



(No Model.)

E. NOWILL.

BUTTON HOLE. (BUTTER. No. 397,438. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

F163;]. Fla-2} U-NiTEn STATE Pater ERNEST NOWILL, OF VEST DUI'AVICH, COUNTY OF SURREY, ENGLAND.

BUTTON-HOLE GUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,488, dated lfiebruary 5, 1889.

Application filed October 31, 1888.

To all 11.710112 it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ERNEST NO'WLLL, manufacturers clerk, of Rosendale, Carson Road, lVest Dulwich, in the county of Surrey, England, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Button- Ilole Scissors, of which the following is a spccification.

My invention relates to an improvement on the invention of G. Korn, patented ()ctoher f, 1881, No. A2766; and it consists in the employment of a nut'fo rmed with a bore of two different diameters, the smaller diameter being screw-threaded to work upon a screwthreaded spindle somewhat similar to that shown in said patent.

And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully to describe the same.

In the drawings, 1 igure 1 a plan of a pair of lmtton-lmle scissors constructed according to my invention, representing the blades parted beyond their cutting position in order clearly to show the construction thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showing the blades in the position they would assume at the commencement of a cut. Fig. 3 is a similar view, but showing the blades in the position they would assume at the termination of a cut, the regulating device being adjusted for the smallest button-hole. Fig. f is a similar view, but showing the blades completely closed, or in the position they would assume at the termination of a cu t, the regulating device being adjusted for the largest button-hole; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the regulating device drawn to an enlarged scale.

In the several figures of the drawings like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.

(L represents the blades of the scissors,which are notched or cut away at the point a, as is usual in scissors of this class, in order that the cut may commence at a given distance from or within the edge or selvage of the fabric.

1) Z) represent the shanks of the scissors, which are approximately of the ordinary shape and dimensions.

As in said patent, I rivet or Serial No. 289,596. (No model.)

g otherwise fix to the shank l) a stud or spindle,

0, formed with a screw-thread thereon, and upon this threaded stud or spindle c, I place a nut, 1;, formed with a corresponding screwthrcad therein, and l burr over or rivet the end of the stud or spindle 'c, in order to prevent the nut c becoming accidentally d e tached therefrom.

According to my invention the shank I) has a hole or recess, 19 formed therein or therethrough in order to receive the end of the spindle c at such times as it projects beyond the nut c, and thus allow of the scissors being .)artiall y closed in the formation of a button hole of medium size, as shown at Fig. 3, or completely closed in the formation of a buttonhole of the largest size, orfor transport, as represented at Fig. at. The bore of the nut c, as will be more clearly seen on reference to Fig. 5, formed of two different diameters, the

smaller part, of the bore, which extends.

about halfway through the nut 0', having a scrmv-thread formed therein to engage with the screw-thread of the spindle or stud c, and the larger part, c, of the bore being .formed with a plain surface thereto. The enlarged or riveted end of the spindle 0 being unable to pass through the smaller part, (:1 of the nut c effectually prevents the latter becoming detached therefrom. The object ofthis peculiar formation is to give the nut c a sufficient extent of traverse along the screw-threaded stud or spindle c and to enable it to project beyond or overhang the same, so as to admit of the necessary regulation of the degree of cut of the scissors, and yet enable me to em-,

ploy a stud or spindle, e, of such length that when the scissors are in thcircloscd position, as represented at Fig. 4, the end of the spindle 0 will lie snugly within and will not project beyond the shank l) thereof. If, for eX- ample, I employed a nut, c,l1aving a screwthread formed throughout the entire length of its bore, the enlarged head of the spindle c, which is necessary in order to prevent the parts becoming detached, would not allow the nut c to project beyond or overhang the end of such spindle c, and consequently I should be unable to obtain the degree of adjustment necessary for small bu tton-holes unless I were to employ a stud or spindle of such length that it would project beyond the shank Z) when the scissors were closed.

' The action of the device is as follows: W hen the scissors are in use, the nut c is screwed along the spindle cuntil it in. such a position that by actin as a stop to the shank I) it limits the closing motion of the blades (6 to the extent necessary to produce a button-hole of the required size, and after having obtained this adjustment any number of button-holes may be cut all of equal length. \Vhen the scissors are out of use, the nut c is screwed along the spindle 0 until it abuts against the shank b, and the scissors are then closed, the projecting end of the spindle c lying snugly Within the hole or recess b in the shank 1).

Having now particularly described and ascertaincd the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that-what I claim is In button-hole scissors, the employment of a nut, 0, formed with a bore of two different diameters, the smaller diameter being threaded to work upon a screwed spindle, 0, projecting from the inner side of one of the shanks Z) and passing into a hole or recess, b in the shank b, all constructed and arranged in 1nanner substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose stated.

ERNEST NOXVILL. \Vitnesses:

O. M. \VHITE, F. W. '"ooDrNcToN, 30th of 27 S0'ztthhcmnpton Buildings, London. 

